PDF to Text Converter
Drop a PDF and extract every text run from every page — with optional page headers and line-break preservation. Powered by Mozilla's pdf.js running locally in your browser.
Drag a .pdf file here or
Extracts text from PDF files. Scanned/image-only PDFs need OCR (not supported).
How to use PDF to Text
- Drop a .pdf file or click browse.
- Toggle page headers and line-break preservation.
- Copy or download the extracted text.
What is PDF to Text?
This tool reads the embedded text content of a PDF — useful for archiving, searching, or piping document content into other tools. It works on text-based PDFs (the kind generated by Word, LaTeX, browser printing, etc.). Scanned PDFs or image-only PDFs would need OCR, which this tool does not perform.
FAQ
- Does it work on scanned PDFs?
- No — only PDFs with embedded text. Scanned/image PDFs require OCR.
- Is my file uploaded?
- No. pdf.js parses the PDF locally — the file never leaves your device.
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